Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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873. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an extension of the GLAS scheme beyond 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24830/20]

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a replacement or renewal of the GLAS scheme will be introduced; when progress in relation to the matter will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24885/20]

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a replacement for GLAS will be in place by the end of 2020; if not, if the scheme will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24886/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 873, 877 and 878 together.

The Programme for Government has set out our strategy for agri-environment policy. As consideration of the next CAP is ongoing, it is not possible to be definitive about the final shape of future schemes. The experience gained from existing agri-environmental schemes such as GLAS and the locally-led schemes run by my Department will be taken into account in designing new measures. However, there are a number of variables still undecided including agreement on the legislative framework for both the transitional period and the next CAP.

In relation to transitional arrangements, we are pressing for the earliest adoption of EU regulations to facilitate the operation of schemes in the period between the current CAP and the CAP Strategic Plan post-2020. Plans for the extension of GLAS are dependent on the adoption of the transitional rules.

Once these arrangements are in place, we will be in a position to plan for the transitional period with legal and financial certainty and consequently provide clarity and engage with all the relevant stakeholders on the next steps.